Rail-joint



No. 7u/48,672. PATENTED JAN. 5, 1904. A. L. VINYARD.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 8. 1903.

No MQDEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.v

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,672, dated January5, 1904.

Application filed May 8, 1903. Serial No. lfl'O. (No model.)

.To all whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED LEE VINYARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at-Slidell, in the parish of St. Tammany and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRail-Joints; and I do hereby declare the following to be a f ull, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to theaccompan ying drawings, and to the figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rail-joints, and has for itsobject to provide a simple and efficient device for holding together themeeting ends of adjacent sections of rails.

A further object is to provide an improved combined fish-plate andrail-chair.

With this and other objects in view the invention comprises anarrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one partof my device. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the other part. Fig.

3 is an end elevation showing the rail in section. Fig. 4; is ahorizontal section ou the line 4 4 of Fig. 3 With the rail removed.

My invention comprises fish-plates 6 and 7, each of which has abase-plate 6a and 7a, respectively, which overlap under the base of therail and form a chair therefor. Both baseplates have extensions 6b and7b, respectively, having holes 6e and 7s to receive the spikes. Thejoint between the parts is formed by tongues and grooves in therespective parts. The base-plate 6"', which is the under plate, hasinclined tongues 8, extending diagonally across the line lof the rails,and -the upper base-plate '7a has grooves. 9, which receive saidtongues. By this construction the iishplates are interlocked when theparts are assembled, and lateral and longitudinal displacement isprevented. Y The base-plate 7a overlaps the base-plate 6, and the latterhas spike-holes 6d, which register with the spikeholes 7 c in theformer. When the spikes are driven through these registering holes, theparts will be securely held against separation. The sh-plates properhave bolt-holes 9a foi-'the usual horizontal bolts 10, which passthrough the web of the rail.

In use the fish-plates are first interlocked and spiked to the sleepers.The rails are then inserted endwise therebetween and secured by thebolts 10.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as'new,aud desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. A rail-joint comprising fish-plates having overlapping base-platesprovided with inclined interlocking tongues and grooves and extendingunder the base of the rail, and registering spike-holes through thebase-plates, substantially as described.

2. A rail-joint comprising sh-plates having overlapping base-platesextending under the base of the rail, one of said `base-plates havinginclined grooves, and the other having inclined tongues tting thegrooves for interlocking the base-plates, and extensions on each side ofthe base-plates having registering spike-holes on one side,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED LEE VINYARD.

Witnesses:

A. DE VELLENEUVE, FRITZ SALMEN.

